diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
index 8d9a97af6..685317efd 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
@@ -948,20 +948,6 @@ sub ensure_accounting_chain( $  )
 	$chainref = new_chain 'filter' , $chain unless $chainref;
 	$chainref->{accounting} = 1;
 	$chainref->{referenced} = 1;
-
-	my $file = find_file $chain;
-
-	if ( -f $file ) {
-	    progress_message "Processing $file...";
-
-	    my ( $level, $tag ) = ( '', '' );
-
-	    unless ( my $return = eval `cat $file` ) {
-		fatal_error "Couldn't parse $file: $@" if $@;
-		fatal_error "Couldn't do $file: $!"    unless defined $return;
-		fatal_error "Couldn't run $file"       unless $return;
-	    }
-	}
     }
 
     $chainref;